diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index 3d5a47445..b48e37dcd 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -e .
-astroid==2.5.8  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
+astroid==2.6.0-dev0  # Pinned to a specific version for tests
 pytest~=6.2
 pytest-benchmark~=3.4
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4c1f44643..963101b65 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ project_urls =
 [options]
 packages = find:
 install_requires =
-    astroid>=2.5.8,<2.7 # (You should also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt)
+    astroid>=2.6.0-dev0,<2.7 # (You should also upgrade requirements_test_min.txt)
     isort>=4.2.5,<6
     mccabe>=0.6,<0.7
     toml>=0.7.1